Gretchen Whitmer: “If we don't do them here, they'll be done elsewhere and…”

“Now the question is, I understand that there's a lot of concerns and that people are saying, well, we don't want to do them here. If we don't do them here, they'll be done elsewhere and they'll be done less smart with lower wages in a way that abuses the natural resources and jacks up energy prices. That's not good for anybody. And so my whole philosophy on this has been, all right, let's be the model, let's show how it can be done.” (01:45–01:57)

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